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CSPI Calls On FDA To Ban Eight Food Dyes

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The Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI) yesterday called on the U.S. FDA to ban eight food dyes, used in products including General Mills Inc.'s Lucky Charms cereal, because of their links to hyperactivity and other disruptive behavior in children.

In its petition, the health advocacy group urged the FDA to ban coloring listed on ingredient labels under names such as Blue 2 and Red 40. According to the health group, studies have shown that some children's behaviors are worsened by the dyes, whose use has been rising.

Michael F. Jacobson, executive director of the Washington-based, Center for Science in the Public Interest, said, "The continued use of artificial food dyes is the secret shame of the food industry and the cops in Washington that are supposed to be protecting the public from unhealthy ingredients.”

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